Touch the Soil News #1682 (Feature Photo – Forest – CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain W. Carter) GreenBiz journalist Heather Clancy brings us the story of how momentum is building around the world – and California – to plant 1 trillion trees. While trees are a different kind of agriculture, they are nonetheless still plants…
Positive Future #809 (Feature photo – A Livestock Carrier from Australia – CCA SA 2.0 Generic Tom Jervis) News is surfacing over the fate of 6,000 head of cattle and 43 crewmembers on a ship bound from New Zealand to China. The ship was caught in a typhoon near Japan and capsized. There seems to…
Positive Future #808 (Feature photo – Avrom Farm Offerings – courtesy of Avrom Farm) Greenbiz journalist Jim Giles brings us the story of how people and farmers have connected in recent months. Essentially, the long-term movement of a different food system just took another notch up the ladder of expression. Giles covers the story of…
Positive Future #807 (Feature photo – The Seal of Bangkok – public domain) Global economic sanctions against non-essential workers does not protect the lives of non-essential workers. Those without jobs, healthcare or housing are a risk to health crisis from insufficient calories due to insufficient purchasing power. Complicating the issues is the retraction of global…
Touch the Soil News #1681 (Feature Photo – Lufa Farms Greenhouse – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Fadi Hage) Global News journalist Kalina Laframboise brings us the story of the world’s largest rooftop garden located in Montreal, Canada. Owned and operated by Lufa Farms (https://montreal.lufa.com/en/), this rooftop enterprise covers 163,800 square feet – 3.75 acres. The…
Touch the Soil News #1680 (Feature Photo – A Golf Course in Toronto, Canada, CCA 3.0 Unported, randreu) CBC News brings us a story unfolding in Toronto, Canada. What to do with golf courses that may not be profitable and the growing importance of overcoming food insecurity. The story is about converting golf courses to…
Touch the Soil News #1676 (Feature Photo – Volunteers Dsiree Dieno, Nadine Smith and Carson Dieno tend to new garden boxes – courtesy of Maegen Krajewski) CBC News brings us the story of how urban food gardening continues to expand in Canada – specifically in Regina. Of note is the participation of schools and people…
Touch the Soil News #1679 (Feature Photo – USDA official Seal – Public Domain) Successful Farming journalist Megan Schilling reports on recent grants by the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture. Formed by an Act of Congress in 2018, the Office of Urban Agriculture is pursuing its mission to promote urban agriculture. The Office recently announced…
Touch the Soil News #1678 (Feature Photo – Sao Paulo, Brazil embraces green spaces – CCA 2.0 Generic, gaborbasch) Agritecture journalist Briana Zagami brings us an urban farming story from Sao Paulo in Brazil. The 12 million people in this city live in a landscape of many empty spaces. The high cost of controlled environment…
Touch the Soil News #1677 (Feature Photo – Square Watermelon – CCA SA 2.0, Cat) Growing square watermelons is labor intensive and costly. However, will the novelty of a square watermelon attract upscale buyers? https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/children/grow-square-watermelons.htm You can watch the full story here about growing square watermelons.
